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Back to School Activities for Secondary - First Week of School - PRINT & DIGITAL
Engage your new students from day one with these 11 back-to-school activities that are ideal for the first day and first week of school! This Back-to-School Activities Packet is ideal for middle and high school students, and it is filled with beginning-of-the-year ice breakers and activities you and your students will love!You and your students will get to know each other and start the school year on the right foot with these beginning-of-the-year activities. These 11 first-week-of-school activi
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Following Directions Puzzles Beginning or End of Year Activity with Easel
Following directions puzzles are a fun way to teach critical thinking. Great for back to school at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year as standardized test preparation. Five challenging puzzles that gifted and talented students enjoy, too! In the first puzzle, cross words off a table according to the directions provided to reveal an inspirational quote about life. In the next puzzle, follow directions to travel the world to catch a thief. In the third puzzle, rearrange letters to
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
Grades:
2nd - 9th
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5 STEM Activities Desert Island STEM Challenge Bridge Catapult Raft Hut STEAM
If your students enjoy doing STEM or STEAM activities, they will LOVE this set of 5 fully-planned out challenges! All five themed STEM challenges center around the story of a shipwrecked traveler stranded on a deserted island. After watching an introductory “movie trailer” and hearing the story of the shipwreck, students will read five of the traveler's diary entries. Each entry will challenge them to design and build something to help him survive and get back to civilization!These STEM challeng
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Back to School All About Me Ice Breaker for Beginning of the Year
This icebreaker all about me activity is great for the first day of school for secondary students. It can be done in one class period and incorporates a get to know you activity that allows students to share about themselves, without being too elementary. Your download also includes a link to a digital, Google Slide version.The activity has students fill in information about themselves in countdown-style categories. Students will also "interview" a classmate in a low-stress, fun way that allows
Grades:
6th - 11th
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Also included in: All About Me Activities ENTIRE YEAR Bundle
Morning Meeting Interactive Slides, Activities and Worksheets
Differentiated, visual and EDITABLE slides and coordinating worksheets for an age-appropriate morning meeting for life skills special education. Sign Language ASL version included!The visuals make it easier for students to recall information from their day to share with staff and peers, or participate by having answer choices to choose from. Work on calendar & weather skills, get a gauge on how your students are feeling or if they are hungry, and a few other extension activities!This comes
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Morning Routine BUNDLE - Secondary Special Education
4th Grade Summer Fun Packet Logic Puzzles Coloring Pages Mazes Brain Teasers
The end of the year is such a busy time. Sometimes you and your students simply need some fun activities to fill the day. This summer fun packet is a great resource to use during those last few days and weeks of school! This is an easy, quick-prep packet. Simply choose the page or pages you want, print, and let students complete. Or staple them together to create a fun packet. Your students will love solving the fun puzzles, learning the summer trivia, coloring summer posters, solving mazes,
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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1st Day of School Survey for High Schoolers
This two-sided survey asks some very specific questions that will give you great background information about your new students:- Name/Nickname/Class Period - Home Technology Access- After-School Job Schedules- Highlights of Summer Vacation- # of Books in the Home- Special Areas of Expertise- Positive Attributes / Self-Perception- Favorite Teacher Ever- Total # of Schools Attended- Career Plans- Interests/Hobbies/Passions- # of Pets- # of Siblings/Cousins/Nieces/Nephews in the Home- Sports and C
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Winter Holiday & Christmas Fun- Nine Logic Puzzles for Middle School
Winter Holiday Fun for Middle Schoolers!No prep except to print and copy, or assign on Easel!This packet of nine activities includes one reindeer games logic puzzle, one Christmas logic puzzle, one New Year’s logic puzzle, one temperature logic puzzle, one cryptogram with winter holiday words, one grid matching activity, one elf grid drawing sheet, one 9-piece square puzzle, and one leap words puzzle. They are ready to print, copy, and use- no other prep necessary! An answer key and a few tips
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: Year Round Logic Puzzle Bundle for Middle School!
Comma Task Cards for Different Comma Rules | Print & Digital | + Anchor Charts!
Use these 24 Comma Task Cards for extra comma practice. Each card includes a specific comma rule, an example, and a short activity, which can be done on notebook paper. These cards are meant to be used as enrichment for concepts that have already been taught.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~What's included?24 Task Cards- Color24 Task Cards- BlacklineGoogle Slides ActivityEasel ActivityPosters- ColorPosters- Black & WhitePosters- Coloring PagesReference Cards- ColorRefe
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Valentine's Day Bingo (30 completely different cards & calling cards included!)
Students always love a good game of bingo! Use this Simply First Valentine's Day Bingo to play in your classroom with your students to celebrate Valentine's Day! :) *30 DIFFERENT playing cards included as well as calling cards!Check out my other Bingo games!*Fall Bingo*Halloween Bingo*Christmas Bingo*Winter Bingo*Valentine Bingo*St. Patrick's Day Bingo*Spring Bingo*Easter Bingo*Character Bingo*Summer BingoWant them all? A bundle is available with all 10 bingo games at a discounted price!!
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Types:
Also included in: Bingo Bundle! (10 total games)
5th Grade Math Projects, Math Enrichment for the Entire Year! PDF or Digital!
5th Grade Math Enrichment Research Projects for the Entire Year! From calculating how much food an animal eats in a week to researching and converting the longest rivers in the world, your students will love these research projects. Great for early finishers, advanced learners and whole class fun. No teacher prep, great rigor and perfect math skills/technology integration! Adding enrichment to your classroom shouldn’t have to be time consuming and difficult to manage. This program is easy to m
Grades:
5th
Analogy Task Cards | 3 sets of analogies! | 72 Print & Digital Multiple Choice |
These 72 Analogy Task Cards are divided into 3 color-coded sets of 24 cards each. Students can solve the analogies orally in groups or use the included answer sheet to record their answers. There are also answer keys for each card set so that your students can check their work. Analogy Task Cards are also available in a short answer format. Please see below for link.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Short Answer Analogies Task Cards are available here.Other great products:•
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Back to School Science Activities for Middle School
This product has some great activities for the first day or first week of school! For many middle school science students, this will be their first year of having science as a stand-alone class. Additionally, many middle schools are comprised of students coming from several different elementary schools. You can use these Back-to-School activities to help students practice the expectations of a science class, plus learn about each other. While they do these activities, you as a teacher can ge
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in: Back to School Bundle for Middle School ELA, Math, and Science
4th Grade Math Projects, Math Enrichment for the Entire Year, PDF and Digital!
4th Grade Math Enrichment Research Projects for the Entire Year, 32 weeks! Projects range from calculating ticket prices, the cost to build the St. Louis Arch, to how many pencils come from one tree and so much more! Great for early finishers, advanced learners and whole class fun. No teacher prep, great rigor and perfect math skills/technology integration! Adding enrichment to your classroom shouldn’t have to be time consuming and difficult to manage. This program is easy to manage and mathem
Grades:
4th
Rebus Puzzles 1 Brain Teasers Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Rebus Puzzles are a fun critical thinking activity. Students have to problem solve to figure out the word puzzles. Great logical reasoning puzzles to do with partners or use as a warm-up or bell ringer. Print or use the Easel Activity online. Works well for gifted and talented students who enjoy challenges, but these work with other student populations as well. Includes five 2-page worksheets with 20 puzzles each, so you get 100 brain teasers in total! Also includes a blank page for students to
Grades:
5th - 8th
3rd Grade Math Projects, Math Enrichment for the Entire Year! PDF or Digital!
3rd Grade Math Enrichment Research Projects for the Entire Year, 32 weeks! From researching the prices of pets to calculating the differences between the heights of buildings, your students will love these projects. Great for early finishers, advanced learners and whole class fun. No teacher prep, great rigor and perfect math skills/technology integration! Adding enrichment to your classroom shouldn’t have to be time consuming and difficult to manage. This program is easy to manage and mathema
Grades:
3rd
Crack the Code Puzzles for Technology Class Printable Worksheets
Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about technology? Look no further than our Binary Code, Hexadecimal, and Morse Code Encoded Messages packet! Introducing the ultimate tech-inspired resource for teachers and students - Binary Code, Hexadecimal, and Morse Code Encoded Messages with silly phrases as well as technology facts! Perfect for those days when you don't have access to devices, this packet provides an engaging and entertaining way for students to explore basic conce
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in: Technology Curriculum Back Up Plans Bundle | K-5 Computer Lab Activities
WORD PUZZLES Brain Teaser BUNDLE! REBUS Puzzles, Hink Pinks, Word Plexers
This brain teaser pack includes ALL of my rebus word puzzles and hink pink puzzles.It includes: 13 pages of Rebus puzzles (111 puzzles to solve in all!) 9 Hink Pink pages (75 puzzles to solve in all)**ANSWER keys included. PRINT AND GO! That is OVER 185 puzzles total! Plus a "make your own" version of each puzzle type! My students BEG for these puzzles! They would be great to utilize for early finishers, work for after testing, EOY test prep for vocabulary building in a FUN and engaging way, Gif
Grades:
2nd - 9th
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Main Idea Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing
Writing a Summary: Common Core Informative/Explanatory Writing Activities - NO PREP - Just print and go!
This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.
Summarizing is a life-long skill. Our students will enter the real world soon and will find themselves having to summarize many different types of work for employers, employees, and even clients. It's essential that we teach them this valuable skill.
This pack focuses on summarizing nonfiction pieces. Students
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Smart Goals | Goal Setting For Students| New Years Resolution Bulletin Board
Smart goal setting comes almost naturally to teachers. We set and crush goals on the daily! Let me ask you a question. Are your students goal-getters? I would say most of them, well, just aren’t. The number one reason behind this? They haven’t seen it modeling or they haven’t practiced it. They aren’t SMART goal setting because they don’t know HOW to set goals and they don’t know how powerful goal setting can beIncluded in this download: SMART Goals poster (B&W & Color)SMART Goals flip
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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STEM Activities Pioneer Challenge Science Bundle Set of 5 STEM Projects
This is a set of 5 STEM challenges centered around the story of a pioneer family. After hearing about their travels west during the Land Rush of 1889, students will read about different parts of the journey. Each one will challenge them to design something to help the family build their new life.Includes 5 different STEM projects:Thirsty Travelers: Design A Water FilterHome Sweet Home: Construct A CabinWhose Territory?: Build A TowerBath Time: Solar Water HeaterDigging A Well: Design A Rock Move
Grades:
4th - 7th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
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Paul Klee Abstract Art Lesson: Portrait Dice Games Art Project - Nsw Visual Arts
Are you teaching an abstract art lesson on Paul Klee? Are they going to create an abstract portrait? Here's a fun lesson to brighten up your lesson plans! This is the perfect addition to your elementary art curriculum! Engaging abstract portrait art lesson with language (writing) activities. These no-prep abstract portrait art projects are perfect for your art sub tub. Super easy to implement for substitute teachers. Plus, the engagement will help with behavior! Perfect to start your art integra
Grades:
K - 12th
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Also included in: Art History Lesson - Famous Artists - Art Activities and Sub Plans
Fun Winter STEM Activities Projects Science Parachute Tower Snowball Shooter
This set of winter STEM challenges are centered around the story of a group of stranded arctic explorers who need your students' help to survive!Begin by showing students the "movie trailer" (preview video) to build interest. After hearing the story of the failed expedition, students will read 5 diary entries. Each one presents a problem to solve and will challenge them to design something to help the group make it back to base camp.Includes 5 separate winter STEM challenges:Arctic Architect: Co
Grades:
4th - 7th
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